1983 World Cup (Silver Jubilee) Cricket Quiz

( On your left is an artist's impression of the Turnbridge Wells Cricket Ground, much famous for Kapil's fabulous knock of 175*)


Q.1
The average number of wides per match increased from 4.64 in the 1979 cricket World Cup to 9.59 in the 1983 edition. Why?

Q.2
Which spinner made his limited overs debut in this World Cup bamboozling NewZealand with his haul of 4 for 21. In the next match he improved on his debut performance, taking 5 wickets for 44 runs, and helping his team win the match by 11 runs. Who are we talking about?

Q.3
How many matches did eventual winners India win in all in the 1983 cup?

Q.4
Who co-umpired the final along with the revered DickyBird?

Q.5
On your left is a famous image from the 1983 World Cup final match between India and the West Indies. Kapil Dev is trying to clear long on - does he or does he not? Who is the bowler?

ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Trivia

In the Super Eight stage of the coming Cricket World Cup, as per the ICC schedule, on the 31st of March, team A1 will take on team B2. (the 16 teams have been divided into 4 groups - A, B, C and D). Group A comprises cricket teams from Australia, South Africa, Scotland & The Netherlands. In Group B are 3 teams from the Indian subcontinent alongwith Bermuda.

Say South Africa beats all the other 3 teams in its group in the first round and Australia defeat the Scots and the Dutch. In Group B, in every match the team that represents a larger piece of land beats the smaller one.

If Pakistan is not one of the teams which qualifies for the Super Eight match from Group B, which are the two teams that will compete in the Super Eight match that we mentioned at the very start of this problem?

Cricket Quiz # 6: World Cup & more

Q – He was the first East Indian to represent West Indies and was probably the first right arm off break bowler who could spin the ball both ways. This spinner’s shirt was always neatly buttoned at the wrists and that for a long time was considered a part of his overall neatness. He later however admitted that the buttoning was in part to hide a perceptible chuck that he had. Who?

Q – Who has the record for the most number of sixes in the World Cup?

Q – What do David Boon, Ricky Ponting and Viv Richards have in common apropos the Cricket World Cup?

Q – The brother in law of the Australian swing bowler Terry Alderman, this umpire is best known amongst cricket followers for calling Muralitharan repeatedly for chucking. Who?

Q – His career average of 38.81 in ODI’s is the highest for any New Zealand batsman who has scored more than 2000 runs. Who is he? (Ref picture on right)

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Cricket World Cup Quiz

Cricket Quiz # 1

Q.1 England has done it thrice, Australia twice, India, Pakistan & West Indies once each while Sri Lanka is the only team to have never done it. With respect to the Cricket World Cups, what are we talking about?

Q.2 In which World Cup did India play Pakistan for the first time?

Q.3 What happened when India played East Africa in the 1975 World Cup, something which had never happened before in the history of One-day Cricket?

Q.4 The bowler who sent down the maximum number of wides and no ball ( 60 in all) also ended up becoming the highest wicket taker in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Who?

Q.5 Clive Lloyd captained West Indies in the first 2 World Cups? Who did the honours for the West Indies in the 1983 edition?

Q.6 Connect the 2 pairs of cricketers: Shaukat Dukanwala - Salim Raza ( UAE ) & Sunil Gavaskar - Chetan Sharma ( India )

Q.7 Who won the Cricket World Cup's first Man of the Series award?

Q.8 One Scot player scored more runs than any England player in the 1999 World Cup!! Can you recall his name?

Q. 9 P, P, P, R, B, W are the initials of something ( which was stopped after the 1996 World Cup) in the chronological order. What are we talking about?

Q.10 Which non-wicket keeper has taken the maximum number of catches in the Cricket World Cups?

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